A Good Cause
Sara over at Life is a Journey is sponsoring a team relay for one of her co-workers who has been diagnosed with stomach cancer thru the American Cancer Society. You can check out the site; Gary’s Condors that I helped set up for news and information on the event to be held in Utah on May 4th and 5th. You can make your donation thru Paypal, a Paypal account isn’t necessary, most debit and credit cards are accepted. Please give to a worthy cause, even if it’s just a few bucks or whatever you can afford!
Cancer is a subject that hits close to home with me, my wife died from breast cancer over 10 years ago and it was a very painful experience that I’ll never forget. Early diagnosis is the key to survival!
When Newbie Vampires Strike!
I took my final chemo injection last week, so I went in for some blood tests this morning to get the final results of how well the treatments have worked and I ended up getting a newbie phlebotomist to draw my blood. And now I feel like this guy!
I had a bad feeling right off when she didn’t seem to know her way around the computer interface as she looked up what tests I needed. I definitely knew something was wrong when she only had 3 vials to be filled. On a normal visit, they usually fill about 5 and today they were supposed to be doing several extra tests, but she insisted that was all. After she finished drawing the blood, I kept insisting that something wasn’t right. She had to pull the needle out to go look at her computer again and finally realized her mistake. So she had to stick me again to get the rest of the necessary samples. I ended up getting needle stuck twice! In the same arm! grrrrrrr!!
At least she hit the vein on the first try each time. She wound up taking about 9 vials all together, and I think she left me with just a few drops. I don’t really mind getting blood drawn, It’s become a routine thing with me the past few years but having to do it twice in one sitting is not so nice, dammit!
Ahh well, it’s almost all over and I’m actually starting to feel a bit better now that the chemo is done. It will take a few weeks to start feeling completely normal again, that shit stays in your system for a long time and it will take a while just to recover from the severe anemia. I’m just so happy it’s finally all done and I can resume a real life.
I’ll be looking for full time work at an actual job soon, damn, I haven’t had a “real” job in almost 5 years! I’m looking forward to it! Back in the rat race!
Have a happy hump day and don’t forget to donate!!!
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hooray!! congrats, se7en! that’s awesome that you’re done with it!
What a beautiful thing to do…Gary’s Condors..nice work Se7. Cheers to you felling better each day, my friend. *hugs*
I have an idea. For every vampire who doesn’t do his/her/it homework, and figure out exactly how much blood is needed in advance. Well they should get the same treatment, only double.
Work for you?
I’m so thrilled you are finally done with chemo! Only smooth sailing ahead, Sweetie.
Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, I can surely sympathize with the blood draws! When I was going in for my weekly IV infusions there was one nurse in particular that I absolutely dreaded having as she could never ever hit the vein the first time and she insisted on trying to stick me in places that I had told her that I had no veins. To be fair, I have horrible veins and they are tricky but I told her exactly where she could get one easily but - oh no, not her! - she would have to try to find a different one! One visit she stuck me three times before she finally got it right (in the spot I had told her to use to begin with!).
I hope you’re feeling like taking on the whole world soon once the chemicals leave your system and I wish you nothing but good health ahead!
Also, on a side note - my blog has been nominated for a Bloggers’ Choice Award for Best Blog Design so be sure to go over and vote for YOURSELF on this one! I have a link at the top of my blog so send all of your friends over to do the same. Your work is so much better than the one that is currently in the lead! Hmm, now that I said that, I hope you didn’t design that one, too!
I kinda find the pin head thing sexy, in a weird, perverted sort of way.
We’re very happy to hear the chemo is over!
Funny how the vampire didn’t listen to you the first time when you said something wasn’t right. If they’d friggin listen to their patients, life would be so much better.